AOpen AX4B-533 Tube Easy Installation Manual

Brand: AOpen

Model: AX4B-533 Tube

Type: Easy Installation Manual

This manual is also suitable for

AX4B-533N

AOpen AX4B-533 Tube motherboard offers top-of-the-line features for building a powerful and versatile PC system. With support for Intel Pentium 4 processors, DDR200/266 DDR SDRAM, and a range of expansion slots, including AGP 4x and PCI, you can create a high-performance computing machine. Onboard audio with 5.1 channel surround sound, USB 2.0 ports for fast data transfer, and a variety of connectivity options make it an excellent choice for multimedia enthusiasts and gamers.

PS/2 Mouse

Connector

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

MIDI/Game Port

MIC-In

Line-In

Speaker Out

PS/2 Keyboard

Connector

USB Port

COM 1 Port

COM 2 Port

SYSFAN3 Connecto

CD-IN Connecto

CNR Ex

ansion Slo

IrDA Connecto

Front Panel Connecto

JP14 CMOS Clear Jum

Resetable Fuse

478-pin CPU socket with Voltage and

Frequency Auto-detection supporting

Intel

Pentium

GP 4x Expansion Slot

(for 1.5V AGP card)

32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x6

CPUFAN1 Connector

184-pin DIMM Socket x3 supports

DDR200/266 DDR SDRAM

maximum up to 2 GB

Intel

845E chipset (Brookdale)

3300μF Low ESR Capacitors

TX Power Connecto

-IN Connecto

4-pin 12V. ATX Power Connecto

Dr. LED Connecto

4Mb Flash ROM BIOS

Onboard AC’97 CODEC

Chassis Intrusion Connecto

Front Audio Connecto

WOM Connecto

WOL Connecto

FDD Connecto

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup

Enable/Disable Jumper

TA/33/66/100 IDE Connector x2

SYSFAN2 Connector

and 3

USB Connectors

S/PDIF Connecto

INTEL 8256ET LAN Chip

(AX4B-533N Only)

LAN Connector

(for AX4B-533N)

(AOpen reserves the right to revise all the specifications and information contained in this document which is

subject to change without notice.)

This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown below. Make sure you plug

in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 20-pin

connector.

1. JP14 Clear CMOS

Everything you need to boot this

motherboard is included in this

Easy Installation Guide. For more

information, a complete Online

User's Manual can be found in the

Bonus Pack CD. Thanks for the

help of saving our earth.

PART NO: 49.88M11.E02 DOC. NO: AX4B533N-EG-E0210E

You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To

clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fail because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

2. Connecting ATX Power Connector

This Motherboard x1

This Easy Installation Guide x1

I/O Shield x1

80-wire IDE Cable x1

Floppy Disk Drive Cable x1

Bonus Pack CD x1

NORTON AntiVirus CD x1

Pin 1

Normal

(

default

)

Clear CMOS

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to

90-degree angle.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look fo

a (golden) cut edge on the CPU uppe

interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge.

Then insert the CPU into the socket.

3. Press down the CPU socket lever and

finish CPU installation.

Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you

can also plug it in SYSFAN2 or SYSFAN3 connector.

CPU Ratio

8x, 9x, 10x… 21x, 22x, 23x, 24x

CPU FSB

100~248MHz by 1MHz stepping

Northwood

CPU

Core

FSB

Clock

System

Bus

Ratio

Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x

Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 133MHz 533MHz 12x

Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 133MHz 533MHz 13x

Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x

Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x

Pentium 4 2.2G 2200MHz 100MHz 400MHz 22x

Pentium 4 2.26G 2260MHz 133MHz 533MHz 17x

Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 100MHz 400MHz 24x

Pentium 4 2.4G 2400MHz 133MHz 533MHz 18x

Pentium 4 2.53G 2530MHz 133MHz 533MHz 19x

Pentium 4 2.66G 2660MHz 133MHz 533MHz 20x

Pentium 4 2.8G 2800MHz 133MHz 533MHz 21x

5. Setting CPU Voltage & Frequency

Setting CPU Core Voltage

This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automaticall

detected and the range is from 1.10V to 1.85V. It is not necessary to set CPU core

voltage.

Setting CPU Frequency

This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the

BIOS setup, and no jumpers or switches are needed.

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setting

Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio

3. Installing Processor

Note: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well,

you may damage the CPU.

CPU socket lever

Note: Some CPU fans do not have

sensor pin so they cannot support fan

monitoring.

CPUFAN1 Connector

4. Installing CPU & System Fan

SYSFAN3 Connector

This socket supports Micro-FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package

developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in.

GND

+12V

SENSOR

SYSFAN2 Connector

Willamette

CPU

CPU Core

Frequency

FSB

Clock

System

Bus

Ratio

Pentium 4 1.5G 1500MHz 100MHz 400MHz 15x

Pentium 4 1.6G 1600MHz 100MHz 400MHz 16x

Pentium 4 1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x

Pentium 4 1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x

Pentium 4 1.9G 1900MHz 100MHz 400MHz 19x

Pentium 4 2.0G 2000MHz 100MHz 400MHz 20x

Warning: Intel

845E

chipset supports maximum

400MHz (100MHz*4) /

533MHz (133MHz*4)

system bus and 66MHz

GP clock; higher clock

setting may cause serious

system damage

Note: Since the latest

rocessor, Northwood,

would detect the clock ratio

automatically, you may not

be able to adjust the clock

ratio in BIOS manuall

Celeron

CPU

CPU Core

Frequency

FSB

Clock

System

Bus

Ratio

1.7G 1700MHz 100MHz 400MHz 17x

1.8G 1800MHz 100MHz 400MHz 18x

(DIMM2 and DIMM3 share 2 banks maximally)

DIMM2 DIMM3

Double Side X

X Double Side

Single Side X

X Single Side

Single Side Single Side

8. S/PDIF Connector

9. JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Select Jumper

7. Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

This motherboard comes with an ALC650 CODEC which supports high quality of 5.1 Channel audio

effect, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design o

LC650, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting an

external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as

well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel. Picture bellow represents the standard location

of all speakers in 5.1 Channel sound track. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the

green “Speaker out” port, rear speakers’ plug to the blue “Line in” port and both of the center and

subwoofer speakers to the red “MIC in” port.

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a latest audio transfer file format that provides

impressive quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead o

analog. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the

most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connecto

with a even better audio quality. Through a specific audio cable, you can connect the

S/PDIF connector to a S/PDIF audio module bearing S/PDIF digital output. However, you

must have a S/PDIF supported speaker with S/PDIF digital input to make the most of this

function.

This motherboard provides keyboard / mouse wake-up function. You can use JP28 to

enable or disable this function, which could resume your system from suspend mode with

keyboard or mouse. The factory default setting is set to “Disable”(1-2), and you may

enable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.

6. Installing Memory Modules

Although Intel claims that 845E Chipsets only support two DIMM sockets (four banks), we

overcome this obstacle with special circuit design in order to provide better adaptability for

different combinations of various RAM modules. On this motherboard, DIMM1 occupies the

and 2

banks; both DIMM2 and DIMM3 are designed to share the 3

and 4

banks.

Thus, maximally you can insert one double side RAM module on DIMM2 or DIMM3, or insert

one single side module on both DIMM2 and DIMM3 the most. After our testing and verifying,

the following configurations are approved to be running properly.

Enable

Disable

(Default)

JP28

KB/Mouse Wake-up

Pin1

S/PDIF Module

(User Upgrade Optional)

S/PDIF Cable

S/PDIF IN (RCA)

S/PDIF OUT (RCA)

S/PDIF IN (Optical)

S/PDIF OUT (Optical)

Pin1

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

USB2 Connector

This motherboard provides six USB2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard,

modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper

cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect USB2 and USB3 headers to

the front panel of chassis.

12. 2

and 3

USB2.0 Ports Supported

10. Front Panel Connector

13. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup

11. Front Audio Connector

If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to

connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove

the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not

remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front

panel.

After you finish jumper settings and connect correct cables, power on and enter

the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power On Self Test). Choose "Load

Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.

Del

Warning: Please avoid of using "Load

Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure

your system components (CPU, DRAM,

HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo

setting.

Pin 1

Note: Please remove the jumper cap from the front audio connector

before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap

if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel.

ttach the power LED, speaker, and reset switch connectors to

the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in

BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the

system is in suspend mode.

Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin

female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this

connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.

5VSB

SPWR

ACPI LED-

GND

ACPILED

ACPI_B

GND

RESET

GND

+5V

IDE LED

+5V

GND

SPEAKER

Speaker

IDE LED

SPWR

CPI & PWR

LED

Reset

CPILED

(Blue)

+5V

SBD3-

SBD3+

GND

SBD2-

SBD2+

GND

UD_GND

UD_VCC

UD_RET_R

KEY

UD_RET_L

AUD_MIC

AUD_MIC_BIAS

AUD_FPOUT_R

AUD_FPOUT_L

Pin 1

Pin1

USB3 Connector

You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash by the following steps,

and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all the applications before you start the

upgrading.

1. Download the new version of BIOS package zip file from AOpen official web site. (ex:

http://english.aopen.com.tw/

)

2. Unzip the download BIOS package (ex: WAX4B533102.ZIP) with WinZip

(http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.

3. Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WAX4B533102.EXE &

WAX4B533102.BIN.

4. Double click on WAX4B533102.EXE, EzWinFlash will detect the model name and

BIOS version of your motherboard. If you had got the wrong BIOS, you will not be

allowed to proceed with the flash steps.

5. You may select preferred language in the main menu, then click [Start Flash] to star

the BIOS upgrade procedure.

6. EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will pop up

to ask you to restart Windows. You may click [YES] to reboot Windows.

7. Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup, choose "Load Setup Defaults", then “Save

& Exit Setup”. Done!

It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any application during

FLASH PROCESS.

You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model

name.

14. AOpen Bonus Pack CD

15. Installing LAN Driver (for AX4B-533N)

17. BIOS Upgrade

16. Installing USB2.0 Driver

Under Windows XP System

After enabling the USB 2.0, Windows XP setup will show a "Found New Hardware" dialog

box. Under Windows XP, "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" will be displayed.

1. Click "Next," and from the generated list box, choose "Install from a list or special

location (Advanced)", click "Next".

2. Click "Next," and from the generated choices, choose "Include this location in the

search:"

3. Place Bonus CD in CD-ROM.

4. Type "[CD-ROM]:\Driver\Intel\USB2.0" in the text box that appears.

5. Click on "Next." A message informing you that Windows XP has found "Intel (R) USB

Enhanced Host Controller (ICH4)" should appear.

6. When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the USB driver, click "Finish".

**********************************

Confirming Windows XP Installation

**********************************

1. From Windows XP, open Control Panel from "My Computer".

2. Click "Performance and maintenance".

3. Click "System" icon.

4. Choose "Hardware" tab, and then click "Device Manager" tab.

5. Click "+" in front of "Universal Serial Bus Controllers". "Intel (R) USB Enhanced Host

Controller (ICH4)" should appear.

This motherboard integrates a total communication solution including 10/100Mb Fas

Ethernet for Office requirement. You can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, Windows

NT, Windows 2000 & Windows XP by following steps.

Manually Adding an Adapter in Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP

LOCATION OF DRIVER: \Driver\Lan\E100BNT5.SYS (NDIS 5.0)

LOCATION OF SETUP FILE: \Driver\Lan\NET82557.INF

1. From the Control Panel, double-click the “Add Hardware” icon.

2. Double-click Other Devices or Network Adapters in the list area.

3. Double-click a PCI Ethernet Controller.

4. Click the Driver tab, then click Update Driver.

5. Click Next at the Update Device Driver Wizard.

6. Select "Display a list of all the drivers..." and click Next.

7. Insert the AOpen Bonus CD and click Have Disk.

8. Enter the appropriate drive for your disk media (for example: D:\), and click OK.

9. Click OK at the Select Device dialog box.

10. The Update Wizard displays the message that it has found the driver. Click Next.

11. Click Finish and restart your computer when prompted.

If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures

accordingly to find the problem.

Part Number and Serial Number

The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this

bar code label on the outside packing or on the component side of PCB. For example:

Model name and BIOS version

AX4B-533 R1.02 Mar. 01. 2002 AOpen Inc.

Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A

Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen

(POST screen). For example:

AX4B-533 is model name of motherboard; R1.02 is BIOS version

Make sure if the jumper settings for CPU and DRAMs are correct.

Clear CMOS.

Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard.

The problem was probably caused

by power supply or motherboard

failure. Please contact your reselle

or local distributor for repairing.

Perhaps your VGA card or monito

is defective.

Yes

It is very possible that your keyboard

is defective.

During system rebooting, press Del to enter BIOS Setup. Choose

“Load Setup Default".

The problem should be caused by the

IDE cables or HDD itself.

Re-install Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT.

Yes

Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all

of the addon cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1,

COM2 and Printer.

Turn on the power, and check if

the power supply and CPU fan

work properly.

Start

Check if there is display.

Press Ctrl, and Alt key at the

same time, hold them and then

press Del to see if the

stem reboots.

Turn off the system and

re-connect the IDE cable.

Check if the system can

reboot successfully.

End

P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.

Part No. Serial No.

Part No.

Serial No.

Dear Customer,

Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to

our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and

hone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time.

We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact

us. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best quality service to

more customers.

Thanks very much for your understanding!

Open Technical Supporting Team

Online Manual: Please check the manual carefully and make sure the

jumper settings and installation procedure are correct.

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/download/manual/default.htm

Test Report: We recommend to choose board/card/device from the

compatibility test reports for assembling your PC.

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/default.htm

FAQ: The latest FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) may contain a

solution to your problem.

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/faq/default.htm

Download Software: Check out this table to get the latest updated

BIOS/utility and drivers.

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News Group: News posted by computer experts. You are welcome to join

any discussion.

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Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers

and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and

should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important

reference for you if next time you want to buy something else from them.

before contacting us. The part number, serial number and BIOS version

are also very helpful.

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AOpen Inc.

Tel: 886-2-3789-5888

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AOpen America Inc.

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AOpen AX4B-533 Tube Easy Installation Manual

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Model: AX4B-533 Tube

Type: Easy Installation Manual

This manual is also suitable for

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